Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of the United States v. Weightman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Cleveland County ; F. B. Swank, Judge. Action by Ben F. Williams against the Equitabtle Life Assurance Society of the United States, and J. T. Weightman, administrator of the estate of Thomas J. Gentry, intervenes. Judgment for intervener, and plaintiff and defendant bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JOHNSON, O.
This action was filed upon January 4, 1913, in the district court of Cleveland county, by Ben F. Williams, as plaintiff, against the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, as defendant, for the recovery of $2,000 upon a policy of life insurance on the life of Thomas J. Gentry, deceased, the plaintiff having become the owner by assignment of the rights of the beneficiary in the policy. The defendant resisted recovery upon the ground that, as contended by it, there was no liability under the policy for the reason that the beneficiary, Alverta B. Gentry, had…
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